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Beautifully illuminated with drawings and paintings by noted artist Mary Frank, Williams, one of the West's most intense and lyrical writers, invokes the lure and drama of the landscape. This is an incandescent meditation--in word and image--on the physical vastness and beauty of the desert and the spiritual place one woman finds for herself there.
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Great things come in small packages.......2000-08-12
Williams has put together a visceral, haunting, beautiful stream of consciousness aria here. This little tiny book has become one of my very favorite works over the past few years I have owned a copy of it. It is one of those books that tends to find itself hidden on my bookshelf, and when I rediscover it I am in for a real treat. This is the story of a woman who is so aware of her soul that it is almost ethereal. Walking the slot canyons of Utah and Arizona has always brought out powerful emotions within me, but after reading this book a few times I literally lose myself in the earth when hiking there now. Yes, this is a tale of love and love-making, but on such a spiritual level that it is easy to fall asleep and drift into a dreamy, watery place of serenity after reading it. What more can a book offer than that???? Save yourself the money usually spent on a "relaxing vacation" to a crowded get-away and set a fire in the fireplace, put on some Loreena McKennit and lose yourself in this treasure of a book. Mary Frank's sketches and watercolors set the stage and Terry Tempest Williams provides the magic carpet.
Fascinating, Erotic Travelogue of the Mind.......2000-06-27
This book is short: 62 pages is an exaggeration, since many of those pages are filled with sketches and since the book itself is only about the size of a CD case. But what it lacks in length it more than makes up for in beauty. Terry Tempest Williams is an incredible, widely respected writer, and this book was released to much critical acclaim. Her book details a woman hiking in the canyons of southern Utah, and the thoughts that flash through her mind as she walks, and the freedom she feels in nature: the kinds of thoughts we all have when we go hiking, but aren't able to put down on paper as well as she.
The thoughts the author has are the reason those of us who love the outdoors love them so much. The solitary, beautiful, amazing feeling of being alone - literally or figuratively - with the earth (or God - your pick) in its magnificent splendor, and of the thrill of being alive.
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Golf resorts--it's a specialized niche for a savvy group that knows what it wants. What they want is golf, so the Nicols have devoted pages of attention to yardage and par, green fees, and special course features for hundreds of golf courses from Canada to Costa Rica. But there are other facets to consider as well, because the point here is to take a vacation, a golf vacation, where you get to luxuriate in your scenic vistas, eat your sumptuous meals, and play your 18 holes, too. From Casa De Campo Resort in the Dominican Republic to the Hound Ears Club in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, there are resorts for all sorts, with rustic lodges or posh hotels; full-scale gourmet pampering or low-key environments; all-golf, all-the-time atmospheres; or resorts that offer the works--tennis, fishing, sailing, or skiing--for the spouses who just aren't as intent on golf, perhaps, as you. The important thing is that all types of golf holidays are possible, and the Nicols have done the legwork so all you have to do is browse, choose, and make the reservations.
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A guide written by golfers for golfers. Hundreds of resorts are described in this book, with details including fees, course profile (par, hazards, yardage), resident pro information, accommodations (with prices), dining options and equipment rentals. All establishments are open to the public. Regional maps show locations.
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Hundreds of resorts.......2001-04-16
A guide written by golfers for golfers. Hundreds of resorts are described in this book, with details including fees, course profile (par, hazards, yardage), resident pro information, accommodations (with prices), dining options and equipment rentals. All establishments are open to the public.
This guide is for you.......2001-04-16
"If you love golf, Golf Resorts is for you." Relax Magazine
Great.......2001-04-16
"... the most useful guidebook... a great reference." The Traveling Golfer
The only pre-trip guide you'll need to research golf courses.......1996-12-08
Northwest Airlines WorldTraveler Magazine: " Make sure you have a copy on hand. This tome is the only pre-trip guide you'll need to research not only golf courses, but nearby lodging, restaurants, and additional recreation - for after-golf or non-golfing spouses. The book covers more than 600 courses. The authors have rated the top 50, breaking those down into 38 large and 12 small resorts."
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Using the Geneva Accord as a springboard for a discussion of the issues surrounding the supposedly unsolvable problem of Isreali-Palestinian peace, one of America's most respected Jewish peace activists, Michael Lerner, looks at the arguments against the Accord from both the Israeli right and the Palestinian left. He examines Ariel Sharon's security wall, the calls for a one-state solution, and proposals to boycott Israeli goods. Ultimately, Lerner offers a set of strategic directions, appealing to both Jews and non-Jews, to change American foreign policy.
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An interesting book which could have been much better .......2004-10-04
Let me begin with what is good about the book. It not only discusses the Geneva Accord, a proposal for ending the Arab war against Israel, it also lists several objections to the Accord from both Arabs and Israelis, and comments on them. This shows an unusual amount of honesty and sincerity in a book about this conflict.
My complaints with the book are simply that it overlooks the major problems with the Accord in making its case. These problems are as follows:
First, when an aggressor has launched an attack on the rights of what it has deemed to be an inferior race, a solution to the conflict generally needs to involve a big apology from the aggressor and a sincere admission of guilt. We've seen that in the case of the American South and and its treatment of the Blacks there by the Whites. We've seen that in the case of the German Nazi treatment of Jews, Gypsies, and Slavs. In this case, an Arab apology would be in order. It is not clear that an Accord which overlooks such history will succeed.
Second, let's suppose that for some reason, we all have to forget all previous history up to, literally, yesterday. What changes in the status quo would we want to make now, even assuming that no one would make amends for anything? Well, we'd probably want to have human rights, including those of life, liberty, and property, for everyone in the region. That would mean refusing to ethnically cleanse any region, it would mean refusing to ban entire groups from an area on racial or religious grounds, and it would mean allowing people of all races or religions to buy land anywhere in the region and live on it. But that would mean allowing both Jews and Arabs to live throughout the West Bank and even in Jordan or Saudi Arabia, which is pretty far from anything the Geneva Accord would imply. Furthermore, given the number of Jews in the region, were everyone allowed to buy land freely at auction, the Jewish region would become considerably larger than present-day Israel, also something quite the opposite of what the Geneva Accord would permit.
Third, for an agreement to work, it ought to offer something of strategic value to each side. Well, this Accord fails to do that. What the Israelis need is peace, but the Accord is unlikely to bring it. What some Arabs say they want is a little land, but that surely isn't what they want nor is it what will get them to quit fighting. What the Arabs appear to be fighting for right now is the right to obliterate the rights of the Jews of the Middle East, especially the Israeli Jews. If the Arabs are not granted this request, the Accord will fail. If they are granted this request, Israel and the Israelis will be left with nothing. Before any accord can be reached, there needs to be some change in actual Arab demands, not merely in advertised ones.
Fourth, there is every reason to believe that were such an Accord to be implemented, all that would happen is that the Arabs would use every Israeli concession tactically, as a means to try to destroy Israel entirely. That is, this Accord could only be implemented in peacetime, not wartime. And if peace requires the defeat of one or both sides, it isn't clear why an Accord will be needed after that.
Highly recommended.......2004-08-10
The Geneva Accord And Other Strategies For Healing The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is a document, developed by representatives of the Israeli and Palestinian people, that incorporates key points of agreement from the Oslo Accords and Camp David Summit in an attempt to seek a reasonable negotiation and a peaceful resolution to the dispute between Israel and Palestine. Acknowledging the cultural histories of Israel and Palestine alike, and presenting an ethical, legal, and militarily secure agreement between two semi-contiguous states, The Geneva Accord is a much needed offer of a solution for a political situation fraught with problems. Highly recommended.
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Making Peace With the Plo: The Rabin Government's Road to the Oslo Accord
David Makovsky
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The Oslo Accords: International Law and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreements
Geoffrey R. Watson
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This book presents the first comprehensive legal analysis of the Oslo Accords. Professor Geoffrey Watson begins by rejecting suggestions that the Accords are non-binding political undertakings. He argues instead that they are binding international agreements between subjects of international law. Professor Watson next analyses Israeli and Palestinian compliance with the Accords. Watson concludes that each side has a mixed record of compliance, but that neither side has committed so serious a breach as to warrant termination of the Accords. Finally, Professor Watson offers some suggestions on how international law might help shape a final status agreement between the parties.
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Touching Peace: From the Oslo Accord to a Final Agreement
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Yossi Beilin provides a riveting inside account of the secret talks that broke all the official rules and led, sixteen months later, to the famous handshake in September 1993 between Rabin and Arafat on the White House lawn. He describes the subsequent Stockholm dialogue, which came to a promising conclusion just five days before Rabin's assassination, and reveals details of the unofficial - and yet to be implemented - understanding reached with PLO Deputy Abu Mazen on the content of a final peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
The concluding part of this book addresses the all-important, and for Israelis unfamiliar, question of how to live in peace: Israeli nationalism and foreign policy, Israel as part of the Jewish world, electoral reform, religion and the state, the Arabs of Israel, and other topics.
A senior figure in Israel's Labour Party, an intellectual as well as a man of action, Yossi Beilin reveals in this book his own creative and passionate commitment to a settlement in the Middle East. This is the story of risks taken and opportunities grasped, in pursuit of the holy grail of Middle Eastern politics of the late twentieth century: a lasting peace between Jews and Arabs.
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Magnetobiology: Underlying Physical Problems
Vladimir N. Binhi
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People are immersed in electromagnetic fields from such sources as power lines, domestic appliances, mobile phones, and even electrical storms. All living beings sense electric fields, but the physical origins of the phenomenon are still unclear. Magnetobiology considers the effects of electromagnetic fields on living organisms. It provides a comprehensive review of relevant experimental data and theoretical concepts, and discusses all major modern hypotheses on the physical nature of magnetobiological effects. It also highlights some problems that have yet to be solved and points out new avenues for research.
Why do some people feel unwell during a lightning storm?
Why is there a correlation between the level of electromagnetic background and the incidence of cancer?
Why do so many medical centers use electromagnetic exposures to treat a wide variety of disorders in humans?
The international scientific community is extremely interested in a theory of magnetobiology and the answers to these and other questions, as evidenced by the growing number of research associations in the United States, Europe, and other parts of the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) has named electromagnetic contamination in occupational and residential areas as a stress factor for human beings.
This book stands out among recent texts on magnetobiology because it draws on a strong foundation of empirical and theoretical evidence to explain the various effects of magnetic fields on the human body. It contains the first comprehensive collection of experimental data bearing physical information, frequency and amplitude/power spectra, and original research data on how electromagnetic fields interfere with ions and molecules inside the proteins of living organisms.
· Introduction is written so that it will be understandable to a wide scientific community regardless of their specialisation
· First comprehensive collection of experimental data bearing physical information, frequency and amplitude/power spectra
· Original theoretical research data on the interference of ions and molecules inside proteins
· Appendix covers physical questions most relevant for magnetobiology. In particular there is an original exposition of the magnetic resonance basic principles
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Structure and Dynamics of Non-Rigid Molecular Systems (Topics in Molecular Organization and Engineering)
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This volume contains contributions written by eminent specialists which deal with various aspects of the structure and dynamics of non-rigid molecules. Together these papers provide an authoritative overview of research and progress in this field. The contents are divided into three sections which cover, respectively, Fundamental Questions in Non-Rigid Molecular Problems; the Structure and Symmetry of Non-Rigid Molecular Systems; and the Dynamics of Non-Rigid Molecular Systems. For researchers and graduate students of molecular physics and theoretical physics.
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Boundary Methods: Elements, Contours, and Nodes (Mechanical Engineering (Marcell Dekker))
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Boundary Methods: Elements, Contours, and Nodes presents the results of cutting-edge research in boundary-based mesh-free methods. These methods combine the dimensionality advantage of the boundary element method with the ease of discretization of mesh-free methods, both of which, for some problems, hold distinct advantages over the finite element method. After introducing some novel topics related to the boundary element method (BEM), the authors focus on the boundary contour method (BCM)-a variant of the BEM that further reduces the dimensionality of a problem. The final section of the book explores the boundary node method, which combines the BEM with moving least-squares approximants to produce a mesh-free, boundary-only method. The authors, who are also the primary developers of these methods, clearly introduce and develop each topic. In addition to numerical solutions of boundary value problems in potential theory and linear elasticity, they also discuss topics such as shape sensitivities, shape optimization, and adaptive meshing. Numerical results for selected problems appear throughout the book, as do extensive references.
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A companion to one of the greatest writers of classical antiquity, and arguably the single most influential ancient poet for post-classical literature and culture, is long overdue. Chapters by leading authorities discuss the backgrounds and contexts for Ovid, the individual works, and his influence on later literature and art. Coverage of essential information is combined with exciting new critical approaches.
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